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The Emperor's New Security Detail
> You're about to read a real-life heist story. Super Bowl XLI was a Level
> One national security event, usually reserved for Presidential
> inaugurations. We had to get two full vanloads of materials through federal
> marshals, Homeland Security agents, police, police dogs, bomb squads, ATF
> (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms) personnel, robots, and a five-ton state-of-the
> art X-ray crane. It took four months and a dozen people to pull off the
> prank that ended up fooling the world.
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> This is the Super Stunt.
>
Via Jason Kottke [1], “Super stunt: The most ambitious prank in history. [2]”
On the one hand, I think this is great that four guys were able to pull this
off and to show just how silly excessive security really is. On the other
hand, this is downright scary that four guys were able to pull this off at a
Level One National Security Event. On the gripping hand, I hope the guys
don't end up at Guantanamo Bay for pointing out the [DELETED-Emperor's-
DELETED] President's new security detail.
[1]
https://boston.conman.org/
[2]
http://www.zug.com/pranks/super/index01.html
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